Hello!
having recently upgraded my (neglected) Dockstar to Debian stretch (stock install), I was left locked out of the system, which took me some time to fix, because of my being (mis)led into thinking systemd was broken, wheras the real problem was it not starting dropbear, because some previously undetected file system corruption in my /home fs triggered systemd's emergency mode.
I looked up a way to persuade systemd to start dropbear nevertheless, but it just seemed too damn complicated.
Long story short: I'm considering switching the init system to something easier to deal with. bodhi's Debian rootfs is still relying on sysinitv, although, from what I gather, Debian are no longer guaranteeing that it will work in the future.
Even though I have been a Linux user in some capacity for many years, my knowledge is somewhat shallow, and I rely on the system taking care of itself as much as possible.
OpenRC, from Gentoo, is also available as an alternative on Debian that should be working out of the box.
Seeking your wisdom and advice? Thanks!
having recently upgraded my (neglected) Dockstar to Debian stretch (stock install), I was left locked out of the system, which took me some time to fix, because of my being (mis)led into thinking systemd was broken, wheras the real problem was it not starting dropbear, because some previously undetected file system corruption in my /home fs triggered systemd's emergency mode.
I looked up a way to persuade systemd to start dropbear nevertheless, but it just seemed too damn complicated.
Long story short: I'm considering switching the init system to something easier to deal with. bodhi's Debian rootfs is still relying on sysinitv, although, from what I gather, Debian are no longer guaranteeing that it will work in the future.
Even though I have been a Linux user in some capacity for many years, my knowledge is somewhat shallow, and I rely on the system taking care of itself as much as possible.
OpenRC, from Gentoo, is also available as an alternative on Debian that should be working out of the box.
Seeking your wisdom and advice? Thanks!